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Common goods (such as the air, water, rivers, seas, knowledge) are in fashion. And as such, they run through many discourses and practices, and are claimed by many so-called « alternative » movements,...

In a few years, social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn) have revolutionized the ways of (re)presenting oneself, especially through user profile photos. With the arrival of the selfie captured at...

The Universal Exposition Shanghai 2010: Better City, Better Life was a key moment in China’s urbanisation. An ethnographic study of this great ritual founding China’s modernity uncovered the ways in which urban...

In recent years, « academic reorganisation » policies have emerged in various countries. In countries such as Japan, France, and Germany, these initiatives encourage the grouping together of universities, and differentiating them by...

In his book Raison, bonnes raisons [Reason, Good Reasons] (2003), sociologist Raymond Boudon examines the « good reasons » that people invoke to explain that their actions are less irrational than they seem....

Exhibitions have become a media, produced by professionals (museographers or exhibit designers) in order to touch the public. Depending on the type of exhibit, there are various kinds of effects desired:...